Roof-valley shingle



March 11 1924.l

F. BASEL ROOF VALLEY SHINGLE Filed June 14,

Mar. ll., i924.

i stares 'FRANK BASEL, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO Fifa-'ERICH EALLOR'AN, 0F MINNEAPOLIS, IvIINNESOT.

ROOF-VALLEY SHINGLE.

application filed .Tune 14, 1922.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, FRANK Basar., a citizen ot the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Roof- Valley Shingles; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot the invention, such as will enable others slrilled in the art to which it appertains to nialre and use the same.

This invention relates to a shingle adapted to be used in the angle or gut-ter of a root valley. While the device of the invention may, it desired, be used in the initial construction, the same is particularly designed as a repair device. As is well known to those skilled in the art, the angle or gutters ot root1 valleys are now commonly provided with a metal portionconiprisinv a strip usually made of tin forming a gutter in the angle of the roof over the edges of which strip the usual shingles are laid. Such metal gutters Otten rust out or become punctured, thus causing a lealry root and it is quite an expensive piece ot worlr to tear up the shingles and replace the strip and shingles.

Y llt is an object of this invention, theretore, to provide a shingle device which can be inserted under the shingles and form a new valley gutter.

lt is a further object of the invention to provide such a device comprising a piece of sheet material, preferably metal, being bent along a substantially longitudinal center line to lit the root valley and having its tront or upper edge diverging rear wardly or downwardly at each side of said centerline.

lt is more specifically an object of the invention to provide such a inetal device comprising a pair ot rl1omboid-shaped sections having their sides ot equal length joined to torni the center line of the device about which it is bent.

rlhese and other objects and advantages of the invention will be fully set torth in the following description made in connection with the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters refer to the saine parts throughout the several views, and in which,

Fig. l is a perspective view showing a roof having a valley therein;

Serial No. 56,167.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the valley portion of said roof.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section ot the root talren substantially on the line .3-3 ot Fig. 2;

Fig. a is a plan view showing a series ot shingles of the invention in overlapped relation;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of one of the shingle devices;

Figure 6 is a .trout edge view of Fig. 5; and

Figs. 7 and 8 are diagrammatic views showing the method olf forming the shingle.

Referring to the drawings, in Fig. l is shown a root ot a building having a val ley A therein. The standard shingles l are placed on the root having their longitudinal edges directed parallel to the sides of the root and their transverse or bottoni edges extending parallel to the length of the roof, as indicated by the horizontal lines in Fig. l, and as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. As above stated, it is customary to place aV strip 2 of tin or other metal longitudinally of the root angle forming a gutter, the shingle l overlapping the edees of this strip at each side and leaving the central portion thereof exposed.

ln accordance with the present invention, a shingle 3 is provided of the general shape shown in Fig. 5, which shingle is adapted to be bent along its longitudinal center line et. rlllhe shingle illustrated is 'formed with two similar sides which are ot rhomboidal sha-pe having one ot their sides of equal length corninon at the center line fl. ln placing the shingle in position the sides thereof are bent into different planes along the center line el so as to lie flat against the sides ot the root valley. llt is evident from the showing in Fig. 5 that the top ot tl e shingle 3 is pointed and when it is desired to repair the root gutter the shingles 3 are placed in the valley and the upper pointed ends thereof are pushed under the lower edges oi" the standard shingles l. rlhe nails taste-ning the shingles l in place are usually placed adjacent the upper portion there-ot and such nails are indicated by the numeral 5. The members 3 being pushed up under the shingles therefore do not interfere with these nails. After one of the members 3 is in place at the upper portion of the roof valley another will be placed under the lll@ next lower succeeding row of shingles, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The respective members 3 thus overlap each other and form a continuous shedding surface for the water as it runs down the loof. rPhe lower edges of the members 3 also form an angle, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5 and when shingles 3 are in place in the roof valley these edges, when viewed in a horizont-a1 plane are in line with the bottom edges of the shingles, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The position ofthe members 3, after the saine are in- Y serted is illustrated in Fig. fl and, as shown in Figs-2, 3 and t, fastening members, usually comprising ordinary nails, are passed through holes in the lower corners thereof iirmly securing the same in position nand also passing through the standard shingles overlying the same.

It will be apparent that the shape of the shingle 3 will vary with roofs of different pitch and the shape of the shingle is determined is follows.

Referring to Fig. 7, assuming the roof is pitch or that it has eight units rise in twelve units extent, the triangle will represent a vertical section of the roof angle. The hypotenuse of the triangle having Vthe sides 8 and l2 is approximately ld-l units. Another triangle c is then laid out with a square having a base of llT-, units in length and an altitude of l2 units in length. The strip of material 6 from which the shingles are to be cut, which strip is usually in practice, made about 14C inches wide, is then laid along the hypotenuse of the triangle c and the side of the triangle of l2 units in length is continued into said strip to the centerline cZ-(Z thereof. Another line atthe desired distance from line e-e, thus formed on the strip is made, and one side of the shingle is marked out ready to be cut. If bothv sides of the roof valley have the same pitch, the,v other side of the shingle formed by lines f may be immediately laid out or if the other side of the roof valley is of different pitch, the side can be determined in the same manner as described. The shingles can then be quickly cut from the strip 6.

From the above description it is seen that applicant has provided a shingle havinr great utility for the purpose intended. roof-gutter can be repaired as shown and iaseae described in less than two hours time, while to repair the same in the old manner by tearing off the shingles and inserting a new roof gutter and then replacing the old shingles with new ones, usually required three or four times as long, to say nothing of the cost of the new shingles. The shingles 3 are preferably made of tin, but of course may be made of any desired material which, preferably will be a thin metal.

,- It will, of course, be understood that vari-VV `ous changes may be made in the form and proportions of the device and in the method of producing the same without departing from the scope of applicants invention, which, generally stated, consists inV the matter shown and described and set forth in the appended claims.

What is claimed is: Y

l. The combination with a roof valley structure comprising a gutter of'sheet metal extending longitudinally of said valley, a series of overlapped shingles extending along each side of said gutter and superposed thereon, of a series of overlapped members bent along a longitudinal center linev and having diverging top edges, which members are insertedunder andin contact with the edge portions of the shingles adjacent each side of said gutter and are superposed in overlapping relation on said gutter whereby a renewed gutter is formed by said overlapping members without removing the shingles or the first mentioned gutter.

2. The combination with a Vroof valley structure comprising a gutter of sheet metal extending longitudinally of said valley, a series of overlapped shingles extending along each sideV of said gutter and superposed thereon in Contact therewith, of a series of overlapped metal members bent along the longitudinal center line and havingY diverging top and bottom edges, said members being inserted under the edge of'and in contact with said shingles at each side of said gutter and superposed in overlapping relation from the bottom upwardly, whereby a renewed metal gutter is formed by said overlapping members without removing the original shingles or the irstmentioned gutter.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

FRANK BASEL. 

